Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé

Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé

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Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé (18 October 1619-14 June 1646) was a French admiral.

He was born in Milly-le-Meugon, in one of the most powerful French families of the time; his father was Urbain de Maillé-Brézé, marquis de Brézé, Marshal of France, his uncle Cardinal Richelieu, King Louis XIII's renowned minister, and his brother-in-law, Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, (better known as the le Grand Condé), was the First Prince of the Blood.

Thanks to his uncle, at the age of seventeen, he received the title of grand-maître de la navigation (grand-master of the navigation), a new title created by King Louis XIII for Cardinal Richelieu and equivalent to Grand Admiral of France.

One of the leading figures in the Eighty Years' War, he defeated the Spanish fleet near Cadiz (20 July, 1640), and then seized Villafranca. In 1642, he defeated again the Spanish forces near Barcelona, and nearly completely destroyed their fleet near Cartagena on 3 July, 1643. He was killed on 16 June 1646, during the battle of Orbitello, as he was again near to another victory over Spain.

His remains were buried in the church of Milly le Meugon, abutted to the castle walls.

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